Book of Hours: Horæ Beatae Mariæ Virginis

Book of Hours: Horæ Beatae Mariæ Virginis

15th c.

Ege, Otto F.

Leaf 45. "This manuscript leaf came from a Book of Hours, sold probably at one of the famous shrines to which wealthy laymen made pilgrimages. To meet the demand for these books, the monastic as well as the secular scribes produced them in great numbers. The freely drawn, indefinite buds here entirely supplant the ivy, fruits, and realistic wayside flowers which characterized the borders of manuscripts of the preceeding half century. The initial letters of burnished gold on a background of old rose and blue with delicate white ine decorations maintain the tradition of the earlier period. The vellum is of silk-like quality that often distinguished the manuscripts of France and Italy" (Ege).

13.5 x 18.5 cm.

Manuscript

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France

Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens

Books of hours--Texts--Early works to 1800

Manuscripts, Medieval--France

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Latin

Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century.

Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century. Otto F. Ege.

Ege, Otto F.

No Known Copyright

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This is a rights statement for the compound object consisting of the medieval manuscript leaf and the information card provided by Otto Ege. The leaf has No Copyright in the United States. The card has No Known Copyright. Determination was attempted and based on Ege's death date and possible publication date. It was concluded that the card is probably not in copyright.

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France

Gothic

Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries

Z109 .E4 YSMS Spec 31794000831238

15th c.